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Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract – for a military base
Exclusive: Louisiana firm awarded tender to build rudimentary outpost to house Moroccan troops
Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which was set up in January to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, has finally issued its first construction contract in the devastated territory: a project to build a rudimentary 150-person military outpost to house Moroccan troops, a source familiar with the matter told the Guardian.
The contract, which has not yet been finalised, was awarded to Arkel International, a Louisiana-based firm that has previously carried out work with the US government in countries such as Iraq.
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Aram Roston in Washington · Thu, Aug 6, 2026, 5:00 AM
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Exclusive: Louisiana firm awarded tender to build rudimentary outpost to house Moroccan troops
Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which was set up in January to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, has finally issued its first construction contract in the devastated territory: a project to build a rudimentary 150-person military outpost to house Moroccan troops, a source familiar with the matter told the Guardian.
The contract, which has not yet been finalised, was awarded to Arkel International, a Louisiana-based firm that has previously carried out work with the US government in countries such as Iraq.
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